Pages

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Anyone want a churro?

We are currently in interim housing as we wait for our house
in Georgia to sell (anyone want to buy a house?) so we can buy a house here.
Because of that, most of our stuff is in storage. Our apartment is quite small
so we only brought what was necessary.

Yesterday I had the bright idea to
make churros. Yum. Good idea, huh?

I
didn’t have my thermometer so I had to guess on oil temperature. And I don’t
have any piping tips, but shape isn’t what’s most important about churros, right? I’ll
just cut a corner on a Ziploc bag and do little bite size churro poppers.

Well,
it worked. Sort of.

Some of them were
burned on the outside and raw inside. As I adjusted the temperature others came
out more even, but my thoughts of little round churro poppers were way off. They looked more like funnel cakes. Which are good. And
these were okay. My kids liked them. But they weren’t Churros. They weren't what I had hoped for. I don’t think I’ll be trying to make them
again until we have a permanent residence with all my kitchen tools.

Sometimes, when writing, I try to make things work. I might be tempted to just patch something together or put in a sentence or two to avoid rewriting the scene, but
there’s no replacing having the correct writing tools in our toolbox. Whether
those tools are an understanding of characterization, of world building, grammar, determination, attention to details, or
just having the proper computer or notebook.

Hey, I can't comment on your most recent post, but I wanted to send my love. I know what you're going through. It was the same way when my brother passed away. I still can't write about him--even thought he has the most fabulous story to be told! It takes time, eh? Here's to one day!

I love how you put together your churro-making adventure and writing. LOL I have a hard time writing in the perfect state of flow when I feel lacking in the right tools. (Sometimes they're not always readily there, and it could be due to not be in the proper state-of-mind. My muse is quite finicky.)

Yum! I do the cooking in my house, and my kids sometimes get the short end of the stick. I would say 80% of my meals revolve around hamburger meat, or chicken thighs. That being said I get complacent in the variety of the meals, and end up hearing spaghetti again?! My writing is the same I get busy and don't take the time to change or evolve. Great post! Thanks for the craving for a churro!

I am so, so, so sorry about your grandfather. I know this is a different post, but I just wanted to send some caring thoughts your way. And please don't pressure yourself to write about it yet. You will, when you're ready.Sometimes I think it can actually be harder for writers when something like this happens.